The First Day of Tradition

This is my all time favorite Christmas tradition, and I wanted to start the blog with this one to give those that might want to copy a chance to incorporate it this year. Every year we get each of the kids an ornament that symbolizes something they did that year.

For Sister we have the following ornaments:
2005: Baby’s First Christmas
2006: Princess slipper (this is the year our princess learned how to walk)
2007: Cell phone tree (this is the year she learned how to talk and loved to take our cell phones and carry on an entire conversation with herself)
2008: Heart with a ballet slipper (this is the year of her first real ballet recital)
2009: Nutcracker (this is the year that she first danced in the Nutcracker, something that she had prepared for over the span of four months)

For Brother we have the following ornaments:
2008: Baby’s First Christmas
2009: Tennis shoe (this is the year that Brother learned to walk and he wasted no time is walking fast!)

Also on the “special tree” is the ornament that Aaron and I were given for our first Christmas as a married couple and an angel that I received as a child.